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A faithful friend: Mary of Magdala
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People are interesting: some predictable, some unpredictable, and
some really amazing. Some of my fondest memories over the past 23
years of living in Lancaster concern the people I've met around town.
Some people leave a marked impression; some you get to know quite
well, while others are never more than mere acquaintances. Some folks
cultivate you because of what you might do for them, while others
sacrificially give of themselves to you and your vision and pursuits.
Some people offer frien...
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 "Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)")
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Mary Magdalene rides a new wave of interest.
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
; Byline: Mark I. Pinksy ORLANDO, Fla. _ At least once a day, Frances Garcia checks a Mary Magdalene Web site, and most nights she spends at least an hour reading histories and commentaries about Jesus' devoted supporter and her contemporaries. Mary Magdalene is part of my life, said the University
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New appeal,: Pop culture taking interest in Mary Magdalene
Charleston Gazette
; ORLANDO, Fla. - At least once a day, Frances Garcia checks a Mary Magdalene Web site, and most nights she spends at least an hour reading histories and commentaries about Jesus' devoted supporter and her contemporaries. Mary Magdalene "is part of my life," said the University of Central Florida
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Enigma for the Ages; Exhibit Shows Many Faces of Mary Magdalene: Sinner and Saint, Fallen Woman and Witness
The Washington Post
; Was she a sinner? A witness? A prostitute? A muse? She is all of these things -- or none of them. She might well have been a composite of different women. But whoever the woman now known as Mary Magdalene was, her depiction in the Christian Gospels and in religious and secular art has exerted a
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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CATHOLICS WORKING TO IMPROVE MARY MAGDALENE'S REPUTATION.(NEWS)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
; A national effort is under way to rehabilitate the reputation of Mary Magdalene, proclaiming her both a role model for 21st century women and a woman unfairly treated by church history. Today, the feast day of St. Mary Magdalene, a group of Cincinnati Catholics will join that effort with a prayer
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'Tis pity she's a whore: the revision of Mary Magdalene in contemporary fiction.
Papers on Language & Literature
; ... reveals a vision in which Christ extols her constancy of faith (25). She was, it should be remembered, the first person to take the news of the risen Christ to the disciples, making her the first to proclaim the gospel. The Song of Songs, a book once thought to ...
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Bible scholars seek to polish Mary Magdalene's image
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Bible scholars seek to polish Mary Magdalene's image By JOHN RIVERA Baltimore Sun Saturday, April 26, 2003 The name Mary Magdalene conjures up a Hollywood image of a voluptuous temptress, possibly a prostitute, who after hearing the message of Jesus of Nazareth sees the error of her ways and
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The real Mary Magdalene? 'Bad girl' image is unearned.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Jen Waters, THE WASHINGTON TIMES One of Jesus' most devoted followers has been smeared as a prostitute, biblical scholars say. Despite Mary Magdalene's reputation as a bad girl, the Bible never even hints that she was an immoral person, let alone physically intimate with Christ. Theologians
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I'M A DESCENDANT of jesus christ This woman is causing a sensation with a book claiming she's descended from Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Miraculous, or deeply offensive hokum?
Daily Mail
; ... What Kathleen's mild-mannered husband Peter, a 42-year-old sound system installer, felt when his tearful wife woke him with the news that she had to fly to Israel to seek her spiritual destiny, one can only imagine. Kathleen says, without a hint of irony: 'He ...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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I'M A DESCENDANT of jesus christ; This woman is causing a sensation with a book claiming she's descended from Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Miraculous, or deeply offensive hokum?
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ... What Kathleen's mild-mannered husband Peter, a 42-year-old sound system installer, felt when his tearful wife woke him with the news that she had to fly to Israel to seek her spiritual destiny, one can only imagine. Kathleen says, without a hint of irony: 'He ...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Was Mary Magdalene misread?
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; How did Mary Magdalene, who has inspired legions of the faithful, Gnostics and scholars, and even affected pop culture, come to be so popular -- and so misunderstood? Ann Graham Brock, an author with a Harvard doctorate in her pedigree, gets a little exasperated when she hears people malign Mary
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